1977 VFL Season Grand Final Replay: Collingwood v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 October 1977 between Collingwood and North Melbourne in the grand final (replay) of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Max Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the visitors with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Collingwood (19.10.124) were defeated by North Melbourne (21.25.151).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final (Replay)
Teams: Collingwood v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 October 1977
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 98,491

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by North Melbourne
Score: 19.10.124 - 21.25.151

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 7 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
North Melbourne 5 . 5 9 . 12 15 . 19 21 . 25 21 . 25 (151)
Margin NMLB by 13 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 30 NMLB by 27 NMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Max Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Tom Hafey

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench (acting)
Vice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
J. Sutcliffe

Goal Umpires

K. Barker
L. Robinson

Boundary Umpires

K. Mitchell
L. Paterson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 2
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 3 14 9 5 1 0 2 4
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 2 5 2 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 2 0 14 6 8 4 0 1 1
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 4 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 4 0 1 2
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 3 1 21 18 3 1 0 6 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 5 2 8 7 1 6 0 1 1
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 1
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 0 3
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 0 0 2 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 19 4 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 10 227 176 51 41 24 39 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 1 1
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 3 4 9 9 0 5 3 2 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 2 27 23 4 5 6 1 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 5 3 28 19 9 7 0 2 4
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 0 29 18 11 4 0 1 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 2 22 16 6 2 0 4 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 7 0 1 6
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 2 7 5 2 2 0 1 1
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 2
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 1 3 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 4 20 17 3 6 4 0 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 18 1 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 2
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 2 0 20 12 8 3 0 5 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 4 0
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 2 24 17 7 3 0 1 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 21 25 310 218 92 70 33 32 39

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s